I didn't like the idea of having pay an arm and a leg for a new set of engine mounts. I did a little searching and found the Jag XJ series engine mounts to be a close fit to the FD. I found a new set on Ebay for 20 dollars and this is a picture of the set up in place. They are stiffer than the stock but not like the full-race ones.

 

u have so much uncommon stuff in ur car.. have u test drive the car yet? any noise from the engine thru shiftin and idlin? WOT? thx for sharin the pix

 

is this a good idea? i need mounts too. btw.... where did you get it from?

 

 

The mounts are Jag/XJ6 and I will have to get back to you on the year, but I am not recommending them as yet. They are still untested. As you may know the driver side on my 93 was molded to the mount bracket so it has to be removed, cut off etc. Then you have to machine a hole (Drill) to fit the mount. There are more steps so I can't recommend it as yet.

 

Wow, kudos for thinking "out of the box."

Any pics of the modification and mounting process?

 

What kind of material is it where the stock one is rubber? Nice engine btw...

 

I don't have any picks of the process and the mounts are series 1,2,3 Jag XJ6 but I am sure there are others which would work. Remember the mounts are untested and I have the centering nipples to work out. I will likely have someone tack a small chunk of steel so the mounts wont twist in the car. I should have my engine in a week and then another week or so until I get everything together. It will be some time until I can put the mounts under boost due to the long brake in period. I will let everyone know the outcome.

 

I made mine out of Polyurathane off the stock ones... they're a bit rough at idle, but smooth out right around 1500 rpm, the benefit is, as I'm sure is the case with brand new mounts as well, that no tourque brace is needed, from what I can tell when riding with a brand new set of rubber mounts it feels rougher than the factory new ones, and I've never ridden in a car with solid mounts... so I have nothing on the real rough side of things to compare it to. The benefit of polyurathane, as is with silicone hoses, is heat resistance, and good suspension properties, without tearing... maybe not as good as rubber, but then again, rubber degrades with time...

It is very sturdy, like I said the engine hardly budges side to side... but I too, am under the breakin period, so no hard driving yet, but it seems to feel better and better the faster you go... (max 3.5k rpm)

 

How did you make that motor mount DCrosby? I dont know how motor mounts are put together, so is it something pretty simple or did you need to do some cutting and welding etc?

That looks very nice!

 

Motor Mounts internally are like two "T"'s fitted against eachother... and are typically held together with rubber, and then the metal bracket in case the rubber fails...

What I did is burn away any excess rubber, not the most environmentally friendly way, but not the worst part of the process either, since mixing the polyurathane releases Cionide gas, not much but enough to be dangerous.. other than that (had help with that part) it's fairly straight foreward, you have a container that the mount sits in and then you pour the resin in and let it cure... in an oven, and thankfully heat makes it better, so sticking it near, say a turbo manifold can only help not hurt

 

wow that looks like it was hard to do

 

Not really, but like anything the proper tools (mental and physical) are a requirement, and without them you are not going to get the same results...